Virtual Patients eLearning

Virtual Patients (VPs) are the key to delivering a patient-centred curriculum in the Bachelor of Medicine five-year programme at the University of Southampton. In Year 1 the aim of the VPs is to present a realistic clinical scenario from which students can experience a patient journey and the clinical processes involved, and have the opportunity to review, apply, integrate and contextualise their basic and clinical science knowledge. A VP is arranged over the themed weeks of a course, and each week students have an opportunity to be involved in a different aspect of the VP's care related to their studies during that week, thus creating a blended learning environment. The VP provides a framework that links a variety of curriculum activities taught in each week of the course facilitating student learning, application, integration and contextualisation.

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Education

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• eLearning
• Medicine
• Virtual Patients
• University of Southampton
• Nursing
• Health professional
• Clinical